Creighton v. Brown

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

The principal question on this appeal is the validity of an alleged oral condition precedent to a written contract under seal for the sale of personal property. The trial court held the condition precedent valid and in consequence awarded judgment to plaintiffs who had relied on the condition to nullify' the contract. Defendant appeals.

Plaintiffs sold a piano to defendant on a conditional sales contract for a total price of $675, payable $50 in cash and the balance in monthly installments. Later a fire occurred in defendant’s house which seriously damaged the piano.…